Filed to story: Turn The Mafia’s Virgin Wife On
“A portrait…of me? Really?” she asked, surprised by the idea.
“If you’ll allow it. I think it’s a great idea. I’ll come here to visit and paint you,” I said with confidence.
“Sure then. Let’s do it!” my grandmother agreed before smiling warmly at me.
“I’ll bring the materials over tomorrow, and we can start then,” I said happily.
We continued our conversation until my grandmother fell asleep and then I left to return to the penthouse suite. My grandmother’s words haunted me. She was truly concerned about my life after her passing. I didn’t blame her, even I’m concerned about my situation right now. However, the best that I could do was survive this 30 day-period, return to my normal life, graduate, and get a job.
I was thankful for the quiet ride back to the penthouse. The bodyguards hardly ever spoke to me unless it was necessary. I used that time in the car to think and reflect. However, no matter how I tried, I couldn’t stop thinking of Ethan, now that my grandmother has brought him back to the forefront of my mind. It’s been almost a year since Ethan broke up with me and we’ve gone our separate ways.
I still didn’t know or understand why he dumped me so suddenly.
From that day he had just completely disappeared from my life. I couldn’t get in touch with him, and I didn’t know where he went. I asked all his friends and our friends from university, but no one knew either. Ethan really just disappeared. I miss him so much and I am still very much in love with him. I know that I have to let go and forget…but I just can’t.
Wherever he is, I hope that he’s happy and living a good life…
“We’ve arrived,” a low sounding voice said, cutting through my thoughts.
I came back to reality and looked out of the car window to see that we have arrived back at the luxurious condominium. I rode the elevator up to the top floor silently with my escorts and sighed silently to myself before turning the door handle to enter the penthouse.
“Oh…welcome back!” Auntie called out to greet me immediately when she saw me enter the room.
“Thank you. Hope you had a good day…” I replied back vaguely.
I noticed that Auntie had a conflicted look on her face like she wanted to say something but decided against it. I could sort of guess why she looked that way as I headed to the dining table.
I looked down at the untouched breakfast that I had made for Sebastian this morning. It’s early evening now, so the food had gone way past cold. I wish Auntie would just clear the dish away, but she never did. This is such a waste of food…
“I’m sure…Master Sebastian was just in a hurry this morning…” Auntie said in a small voice.
I wasn’t sure if she wanted to comfort me or comfort herself. I shrugged as I took the untouched plate for food into my hand. I had expected that Sebastian wouldn’t eat the food that I made for him, so I wasn’t depressed or anything like that. However, there was a tiny sinking feeling in my stomach, after all, this was good food, and it was being wasted.
“Of course. Sorry I wasted food like this…” I replied while trying to smile at her.
“Oh no…it’s not your fault,” Auntie quickly said as she waved her hand.
“I’ll help you clear this away…” I said while starting to walk towards the kitchen.
“No, Miss. This is my job. You mustn’t do this, you are a lady of the house,” Auntie quickly protested.
“Haha…no, Auntie. I’m not…I’m here because I owe the boss a huge amount of money, but I’ll be gone from here in precisely 28 days,” I said with a self-depreciating laugh.
Me? The lady of the house…that is completely nuts!
“Oh…Well, don’t overthink things. I’m sure Master Sebastian appreciates what you’ve done for him, he just doesn’t usually eat breakfast. That’s all…” Auntie said but I could tell that she wasn’t confident.
“You’re the one overthinking things. I didn’t make breakfast for him because I thought he would eat it, I just figured that he wouldn’t be up in the morning so if I made breakfast then I wouldn’t have to see him,” I stated quite bluntly.
When I turned to face Auntie, the sad and solemn look on her face made me regret my words immediately. Even if those words were an accurate reflection of what I was thinking and feeling, perhaps they were too harsh for Auntie to take. I knew that she wanted Sebastian and I to get together and get married and so on. However, that was impossible.
“Miss Grace…” Auntie whispered followed by a sigh.
“Good night, Auntie,” I said, not wishing to extend this conversation any further.
I went to my room and started to prepare some materials for my sketching and painting session with my grandmother tomorrow. Taking out some sketching paper and pencils, I started sketching some possible poses that might work considering that my grandmother will be on the hospital bed.
I was so absorbed in my work that I was able to kill a couple of hours in what felt like a blink of an eye. By the time, I stretched and looked up it was late into the evening. I put my art materials away and headed for the bathroom to take a nice and relaxing shower.
When I got out of the shower, I put on my pajamas and used the towel to dry my hair. I shook my long brown hair to check that it was damp before I reached for my hair dryer. Just before my hand reached the hairdryer, I heard a soft tap on my door and Auntie’s familiar voice calling my name politely.
“Miss Grace…”
It’s late, I thought Auntie already went back to her room. Is there something she needed help with? It was unusual for her to knock on my bedroom door. I put down the hair dryer and got up, heading for the door.
“Hi, Auntie. Do you need me for something?” I asked with a smile as I opened my door to see her standing in front of it.
“Umm…actually…” Auntie said hesitantly as her eyes darted around.
“Move. Grace, come out here,” a low voice said as a hand reached out and slowly shoved Auntie to the side, away from my door.
Sebastian?!
“Sebastian…” I whispered his name in shock.
What is Sebastian doing here?
“Why are you just standing there? Didn’t you hear me?” Sebastian barked at me.
“What are you doing here?” I asked, still in shock.
“To get you. Isn’t that obvious? Come out here now,” Sebastian commanded.